I will be buying a 4 string bass soon with the intention of stringing it B E A D (i will file the nut to fit the larger strings) as most of my basses at the moment are 30" scale. I dont like 5 string basses so will be sticking with a 4 string bass and would like to stick with a 34" scale. Has anybody done this sucessfully with a 4 string 34" scale bass? , what bass was it? , I have tried this with a Squier P Bass Special but the B String sounded like crap
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A good 4 string bass to tune B E A D
- Thread starter markdavid
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I used to use a MIM Jazz(with a Mighty Mite neck) in BEAD for a long time, worked very well.
I did it recently with an Ibanez Musician 1979, and now it's a really nice soul and groove machine!
D'addario half rounds .70 - .130
D.Don
Are you thinking of the Warwick Dark Lord, perhaps? (Invalid Link Removed). It is a 4-string tuned even lower, from low F# and up.
I tune my 4 string Warwick Thumb Dirty Blonde to B from time to time, and it works very well (had to file the nut a little, though).
I realize that this is not what the original poster is looking for, but I just wanted to point out to anyone who is attracted to this thread that the Yamaha TRB1004 is a four string bass that is 35 inch scale.
I just filed the nut on my 33" scale Garz 5 string, which was originally slotted for E-C tuning, and have changed to standard B-G tuning and it sounds great.
A good B string doesn't always come from a longer scale length...excellent neck construction can make a 33" and even a 32" B sound great. I have played 35" scale basses where the B string was floppy and weak.
The other thing that helps is a B string that is at least .130...
I would recommend a Roscoe or a Sadowsky or a Modulus or a Bee or an MTD. Basically any bass manufacturer who has a good reputation for building a 5 string bass with a good B would be a good candidate for a 4 string bass with a good B.
You might want to look into a 32 inch scale from one of these guys:
http://www.birdsongguitars.com/
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You might want to look into a 32 inch scale from one of these guys:
http://www.birdsongguitars.com/
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I think he was talking about the Teranis.
Cool! Come to think of it I down tune my Stingray to go BEAD sometimes. Not too bad, it would be great with a .130 string instead of a .110 though.
Talking about tension, by just increasing my string gauge a lil, I actually have higher overall tension on the BEAD Ibanez now than it had before as a EADG (according to the tension charts) and it really feels firm and nice (I like hard tension) so I think it's pretty much actually correct.
Should be mentioned that I like high action, so it was fully possible to release the truss rod a lil too in this case.
D.Don
Should be mentioned that I like high action, so it was fully possible to release the truss rod a lil too in this case.
D.Don
ESP has a model already set up like that infact there is one on EBAY.A DF- 404 http://cgi.ebay.com/ESP-LTD-DF-404-...285274859QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item120285274859
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I think he was talking about the Teranis.
Never heard of that one, care to elaborate?
It's a Corvette - Warwick do have a website, y'know.
I just restrung my much neglected MIM Jazz in BEAD tuning, it's been languishing ever since I got my G&L Tribute L-2000. I dig it.
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Sure!
I spelt it wrong by the way, it's Taranis. Basically it is a Corvette body, with the H/S combo that is on the Jazzman basses, factory tuned for BEAD.
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